Rain, Rain, You're a Pain

08.11.06 - Year 2, Day 10 - Umbrella Shadow, originally uploaded by CraftyGuy.

Rainy days - I dislike them. Not just because they're cold and wet and dreary. But mostly because the low air pressure that comes with rainy weather always gives me headaches.

Life Goes On

As I suspected, the election had not gone as I had hoped. And of course the world did not suddenly go careening out of its orbit as a result of this election. The sun still rises and sets. Life goes on.

How do I feel about what might or might not happen over the next 4 or - Heaven forbid! - 8 years? It is far too soon to say. I don't agree with many of our President-Elect's ideas, but I will choose to (at least try to) be circumspect on all of this for now.

Life goes on.

Election Day

08.11.04 - Year 2, Day 8 - Election Day, originally uploaded by CraftyGuy.

I did my civic duty and voted.

I'm not terribly optimistic as to the outcome of this (from the presidential election standpoint), but I'm hopeful that we'll be rid of the state income tax.

Regardless of the outcome, the upside of this is the record number of people coming out to vote this year!

Before You Vote

Please check out this MUST SEE video before you vote.

The Day After

The Day After, originally uploaded by CraftyGuy.

As I've mentioned previously, I don't do Halloween; I have just never really been into it all that much. However, the first workday after Halloween - now that's an entirely different matter!

Co-workers come in that day bearing sacks containing all manner of sugar laden goodness that they were unable to foist upon their evening visitors dressed as ghouls, goblins, Hannah Montanas, and other horrifying creatures.

Let the candy coma commence!

Crafting For a Cause

08.11.02 - Year 2, Day 6 - Knitting, originally uploaded by CraftyGuy.

Every year (well at least for the past couple of years), I have participated in a project called "Warm Up America". What this entails is making a whole bunch of 7x9" crocheted or knitted "squares" which will be made into afghans that are donated to various places (such as women's shelters, nursing homes, preschools, etc.). Not only do you get to use up scrap yarn (which tends to accumulate very quickly), but it helps out those in need. Plus this year, I have the assistance of Patti and Bethanie, both of whom I've taught to crochet over the past few weeks, so now we're really cranking out the squares!

(In other news - at 9:41pm this evening, my photostream on Flickr reached 20,000 views! This of course has absolutely nothing to do with anything, but I though I'd throw that in there.)

And We're Off (?)

Off and running. Well, sort of...

Today is November 1, the start of National Blog Posting Month (NaBloPoMo) - the object of which is to blog every day for an entire month. So here I am at the computer attempting to come up with something to blog about.

Oh sure, there are actually lots of things about which to write: I can play catch-up from the month or so that I was away from blogging because I was too dang busy; I can fill you in on the state of affairs with Montachusett Harmonizers (we're up to a quartet now); I can put in my $0.02 regarding the Presidential race this year (I have a pretty good idea as to the outcome, and I'm none too happy about it!); or I can show you my latest crochet project. The list goes on and on.

Truth be told, however - I'm just too tired tonight. I'm glad for the extra hour of sleep that I'll get because the clocks got turned back - it will be an hour well-spent (Zzzzzz).

I joked in my very first blog entry that this would be a blog about nothing. Well, tonight's the night that I make good on that.

So much to blog about, so little energy.

Stay tuned...

Halloween (or Happy NaBlaPoMo Eve)

08.10.31 - Year 2, Day 4 - Halloween, originally uploaded by CraftyGuy.

I'm really not much for the whole Halloween thing, but thought I would have a little fun in Photoshop.

Anyhow, tomorrow is the start of NaBloPoMo and I will be trying to blog every day for a month. Now that would be spooky!

Starting Again

Starting Again, originally uploaded by CraftyGuy.

In case anyone’s been wondering whether I’ve just simply dropped off the face of the earth – nope, still here. I’ve just been letting life get in the way a whole bunch lately, which isn’t bad per se, but it does cause other things, like taking photos and blogging for example, to languish a bit.

I won’t try to dump the entire “what I’ve been up to over the past month or so” out all at once, so you’ll be spared that for now. November 1 is in a few days, and that day marks the beginning of NaBloPoMo (National Blog Posting Month). So if I can keep up things, you’ll be hearing plenty from me as it is. That should be a good opportunity to get a fresh start on blogging regularly again.

Speaking of fresh starts, today I have re-started my second year of daily self-pics (aka “365days”). Back in November of 2007, I had managed to complete one full year of taking a photo of myself each day and posting it to Flickr (which could have done a lot more damage than any large hadron collider could have – how do you collide large hadrons anyway…never mind, I don’t want to know). My attempt at a second year fell way short, so here I am giving it another go. And so, I am sharing my Year 2, Day 1 photo in this blog entry – don’t worry, I won’t be making a habit of blogging my self-pics; maybe only occasionally, and then only those pics I deem particularly good (so you won’t see too many of them here). If your curiosity gets the better of you, you are certainly more than welcome to check them out in my Flickr photostream as they get posted.

That’s enough for now – can’t very well expend all my blogging energy in one sitting, now can I?

McCain/Palin

McCain/Palin, originally uploaded by CraftyGuy.

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